2010-2011 Summer Reading Grade Level required Book
Sixth Grade: Crispin: The Cross of Leadby Avi
Seventh Grade: Wednesday Wars by GarySchmidt
Eighth Grade: Something Rotten Alan Gratz
Ninth Grade: The Chosenby ChaimPotok ( Honors section must also read Purple Hibiscusby Chimamanda Adichie)
Tenth Grade: Life of Piby Yan Martel & Catcher in the Ryeby JDSalinger. ( Honors section must also read Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf)
Eleventh Grade American Literature:The Grapes of Wrathby JohnSteinbeck ( Honors section must also read The Metaphysical Clubby Louis Menand )
Eleventh GradeAP Language and Composition: TheGrapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Twelfth Grade Fall Electives
Magical Realism: Song of Solomonby Toni Morrison
Contemporary Literature I: The Things They Carriedby Tim O’Brien ( honors must read one piece (except The Bear) in Three Famous Short Novels by Faulkner.
British Literature:A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles Dickens
AP Literature and Composition: Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and The Fountainheadby Ayn Rand (be prepared to write in-class essays on each during the first week of class.)
Choice BooksStudents are required to choose one selection from the appropriate list. During the first week of school, students will meet in a discussion group with a designated teacher to discuss the selected text. These discussions will be graded and will count as part of the student's English grade. Upper School Selections ~Brian Phillips: Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibbon ~John Marshall: Outliers by Malcom Gladwell ~Bill Patti: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson ~Gayle Gawlick and Carey Ann Schuck: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (7-12) ~Gail Loder : Say You’re One of Themby Uwem Akpan ~Mark Henning: Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer ~Jason Grove: The Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst ~Linda Bell: Stones to Schools by Greg Mortenson ~Roger Cox: Jesus Wants to save Christians by Rob Bell ~Daniel Osetic: Drops Like Starsby Rob Bell ~Mike Cook: 1491by Charles Mann ~Sarah Sherrick:Speakby Laurie Halse Anderson (8-12 girls only) ~ Doc Truslow: Michelangeloand the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King ~Candace Walton: Life As We Knew Itby Susan Beth Pfeffer ~Woody Malot: Bringing it to the Table by Wendell Berry ~Holly Wylie: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (7-12) ~June Beale and Amy Cox: Nineteen Minutesby Jodi Picoult ~ Chris Bedea: Never let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro ~~Kathy Henning Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok ~ Wendy and Baron Heinemann Band of Brothersby Stephen Ambrose ~ Eva Lenart Siddarthaby Hermann Hesse ~ David Landis The Dubliners by James Joyce ~Gordon Williams Waitingby Ha Jin (10-12) ~Chris Mooers The Iliad by Homer (Penguin Classics; Peter Jones editor) ~Stuart Jump When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson ~Anne Shook Therese Desqueyroux by Francois Mauriac; translated by Raymond MacKenzie ~David Hopkins The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain by Han Shan translated by Red Pine.
Guidelines for Student Preparation: You MUST bring a copy of your required book to school, as you will be using it during the first few weeks. Annotate (underline, highlight, take notes) as you read and mark important pages, so that you will be better prepared for the tests and writing assignments in your English class.Use a journal or notebook, and follow the directions for the prompts below. Middle School: Required Grade book: Do prompts 1 and 2 Choice summer reading book: Do prompts 1and 2. Upper School: Required Book: Do all five prompts Choice Book: Do prompts 1, 2 and choose one prompt from 3, 4 or 5. Do a total of THREE prompts. Prompts: 1. Find, underline or highlight at least five important passages in the book that have meaning for you and that help you understand the character conflicts, major themes or symbolism or point to pivotal moments in the book. After highlighting these passages, write a detailed explanation of this passage. Do this in your book OR on a separate piece of paper. 2. Name, identify and describe in detail the important characters in the book. 3 Identify the narrative point of view; is it first person, third person, omniscient? 4. Identify the following literary elements: setting, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, conflicts, major themes and examples of figurative language such as metaphors, similes, symbols or personification. 5 Identify the diction (language, word choices) used by the author; formal, colloquial, flowery, harsh, colorful, local dialect etc. How does the diction impact the tone of the author? What is the tone? Does the tone vary or stay the same?
2010-2011 Summer Reading
Grade Level required Book
- Sixth Grade: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
- Seventh Grade: Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
- Eighth Grade: Something Rotten Alan Gratz
- Ninth Grade: The Chosen by Chaim Potok ( Honors section must also read Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie)
- Tenth Grade: Life of Pi by Yan Martel & Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. ( Honors section must also read Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf)
- Eleventh Grade American Literature: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck ( Honors section must also read The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand )
- Eleventh Grade AP Language and Composition: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Autobiography of Malcolm X.
- Twelfth Grade Fall Electives
- Magical Realism: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Contemporary Literature I: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien ( honors must read one piece (except The Bear) in Three Famous Short Novels by Faulkner.
- British Literature: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- AP Literature and Composition: Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (be prepared to write in-class essays on each during the first week of class.)
Choice Books Students are required to choose one selection from the appropriate list. During the first week of school, students will meet in a discussion group with a designated teacher to discuss the selected text. These discussions will be graded and will count as part of the student's English grade.Upper School Selections
~Brian Phillips: Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibbon
~John Marshall: Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
~Bill Patti: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson
~Gayle Gawlick and Carey Ann Schuck: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (7-12)
~Gail Loder : Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
~Mark Henning: Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
~Jason Grove: The Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst
~Linda Bell: Stones to Schools by Greg Mortenson
~Roger Cox: Jesus Wants to save Christians by Rob Bell
~Daniel Osetic: Drops Like Stars by Rob Bell
~Mike Cook: 1491 by Charles Mann
~Sarah Sherrick: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (8-12 girls only)
~ Doc Truslow: Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King
~Candace Walton: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
~Woody Malot: Bringing it to the Table by Wendell Berry
~Holly Wylie: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (7-12)
~June Beale and Amy Cox: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
~ Chris Bedea: Never let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
~~Kathy Henning Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
~ Wendy and Baron Heinemann Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
~ Eva Lenart Siddartha by Hermann Hesse
~ David Landis The Dubliners by James Joyce
~Gordon Williams Waiting by Ha Jin (10-12)
~Chris Mooers The Iliad by Homer (Penguin Classics; Peter Jones editor)
~Stuart Jump When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson
~Anne Shook Therese Desqueyroux by Francois Mauriac; translated by Raymond MacKenzie
~David Hopkins The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain by Han Shan translated by Red Pine.
Guidelines for Student Preparation:
You MUST bring a copy of your required book to school, as you will be using it during the first few weeks. Annotate (underline, highlight, take notes) as you read and mark important pages, so that you will be better prepared for the tests and writing assignments in your English class. Use a journal or notebook, and follow the directions for the prompts below.
Middle School:
Required Grade book: Do prompts 1 and 2
Choice summer reading book: Do prompts 1and 2.
Upper School:
Required Book: Do all five prompts
Choice Book: Do prompts 1, 2 and choose one prompt from 3, 4 or 5. Do a total of THREE prompts.
Prompts:
1. Find, underline or highlight at least five important passages in the book that have meaning for you and that help you understand the character conflicts, major themes or symbolism or point to pivotal moments in the book. After highlighting these passages, write a detailed explanation of this passage. Do this in your book OR on a separate piece of paper.
2. Name, identify and describe in detail the important characters in the book.
3 Identify the narrative point of view; is it first person, third person, omniscient?
4. Identify the following literary elements: setting, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, conflicts, major themes and examples of figurative language such as metaphors, similes, symbols or personification.
5 Identify the diction (language, word choices) used by the author; formal, colloquial, flowery, harsh, colorful, local dialect etc. How does the diction impact the tone of the author? What is the tone? Does the tone vary or stay the same?